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Sophie of Habsburg-Lorraine
Princess of Windish-Graetz née Archduchess of Austria
Born (1959-01-19) 19 January 1959 (age 65)
Boulogne-sur-Seine, Paris
SpouseMariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz
IssueMaximilian, Hereditary Prince of Windisch-Graetz
Prince Alexis
Princess Larissa Maria
FatherArchduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria
MotherCountess Helene zu Toerring-Jettenbach

Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz (born Sophie Franziska Maria Germaine of Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduchess of Austria, 19 January 1959) is a member by birth of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and by marriage of the Austrian House of Windisch-Graetz.

Biography

Sophie was born on 19 January 1959, the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria and of Helene, Countess zu Toerring-Jettenbach. Her father was a first cousin of Otto of Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and her mother was a daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, the sister of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark the Duchess of Kent. Through her mother is related with Queen Sofía of Spain and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making her distant cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales and also second cousin of the current Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and actress Catherine Oxenberg.

As Sophie Habsburg, she moved to Spain to pursue a career as a model and became an international jet set personality.[citation needed] She had worked as a fashion journalist in Madrid, before marrying the head of the Windisch-Graetz House, the German-Italian prince Mariano Hugo of Windisch-Graetz in Salzburg. The bride wore a Valentino gown.[1]

She later developed a career as a handbag designer.[2]

Ancestry

Family of Sophie Habsburg
16. Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
8. Archduke Otto of Austria
17. Princess Maria Annunziata of Two Sicilies
4. Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria
18. King Georg of Saxony
9. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
19. Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal
2. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
20. Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
10. Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
21. Princess Marie of Sayn-Wittgenstein
5. Princess Franziska of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
22. Count Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim
11. Countess Franziska von Schönborn-Buchheim
23. Countess Franziska zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
1. Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria
24. Count Clemens zu Toerring-Jettenbach
12. Count Hans Veit zu Toerring-Jettenbach
25. Countess Franziska von Paumgarten
6. Count Karl Theodor zu Toerring-Jettenbach
26. Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria
13. Duchess Sophie in Bavaria
27. Infanta Maria José of Portugal
3. Countess Helene zu Toerring-Jettenbach
28. King George I of Greece
14. Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
29. Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia
7. Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark
30. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
15. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
31. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Notes

  1. ^ "Les mariees de Valentino". Mariees du Gotha.
  2. ^ "Sophie Habsburg". Italian Vogue.

References

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